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- ↑ "Thousand Head Sent To California From Siding At Hillside". Weekly Journal-Miner . June 14, 1922. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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- ↑ "Susan H. Burton, Arizonian 20 Years, Dies; Rites Fixed". Arizona Republic . November 16, 1948. p. 7. Retrieved September 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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